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7 April 2015updated 05 Oct 2023 8:26am

Bring back grammar schools? Great news – for the rich

Beneath the populist chatter, Ukip's preferred policy - grammar schools - would do nothing for the poor.

By Sam Bright

(Photo By Anthony Crosland. He had the right idea. Photo: Getty)

“If it’s the last thing I do, I’m going to destroy every fucking grammar school in England.”

 

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